This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

The very center of Paris is surrounded by a bevy of strange good luck rituals.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

The deepest metro station in the world.

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

One of the most poignant ruins of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster, the local football team's stadium has been quickly reclaimed by nature.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

An ornate plague column – built to celebrate life – claimed the lives of numerous artisans during its construction.

A peculiar clock commemorates a historic victory won by ringing the noonday bell an hour early.

Tiny communists hammer away on the Olomouc Astronomical Clock.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.